Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, January 23, 1954, Page 2, Image 2

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Nebraska Unicameral
Legislature Attacked
By JAMES
Steps are being taken in Ne
braska to abolish that state'i
unicameral Legislature and re
turn to a two-house body. The
one-house legislature has been in
operation in Nebraska for 16
years with sessions held bien
nially. William H. O'Gara, who served
In the Legislature in Nebraska
from 1921 to 1938 told Earl C.
Bchrens, political editotr of the
Keizer
KEIZER Keizer school will par
ticipate again in the Oregon States-man-KSLM
spelling contest this
spring. Three students were se
lected from each of the six periods
In the 7th and 8th grades.
Mrs. Weddle then conducted an
examination for elimination in the
conference room on Jan. 15.
Mary Olson will represent Keizer
school in the district contest. Lynn
Conklin placed second and Carol
Harland third. Runnersup were
Stephen Billings, Lynda Lawrence,
Charles Johnson and Sally Cook.
The 7th grade boys of Keizer
school basketball team defeated
Brooks in a game played in the
Keizer gym last week.
Campaigning is now underway
at Keizer school by contestant
for the student council. Posters
are in the halls proclaiming each
contestant.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Fleming of
RfifiS Trail Ave., have had as their
guest a niece, Mrs. Frank Con
nery, from Sterling. Kansas.
Joan Culbertson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Rollin Culbertson of
411 Manbrin Dr., was Initiated into
Job a Daughters, Bethel 43.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Pierce, 4215
Shoreline Dr., left Jan, 21 for
10-day vacation in Honolulu.
Jimmy Richards, son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. C. Richards, 643 Marino
Dr., entertained six of his school
friend at a show party, with re
iresnments served afterward, in
honor of bis seventh birthday.
Womans Anger Turns
To Tears Through Miss
SPOKANE tin Mrs. Heather
A. McHugh's anger turned to tears
Friday night when she grabbed a
dish and took a mighty backswing
to throw it at her husband.
Her arm went through a window
just behind her. She was taken
to a hospital for care of damaged
tendons, artery and vein in her
wrist.
Combs have1 been found
among the remains of many
very ancient peoples, particu
larly among those of the Swiss
Lake Dwellers.
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San Francisco Chronicle, that
signatures are now being ob
tained on an initiative petition
to place the question of return
ing to the two house Legislature
at the November general elec
tion. No other state in the nation
has a unicameral system. Ver
mont tried the plan early in the
last century, but abolished it in
183B.
O'Gara served 12 years as
Democratic minority leader in
the House of Representatives
when Nebraska had a two-house
system and was Speaker of the
House at the 1933 session.
Present members of the Legis
lature do not want a change,
O'Gara said, but be believes the
people will take a different view
if they are given an opportunity
to vote on the mutter.
The unicameral system, ap
proved by the voters in Nebras
ka in 1934, was set up by the
1935 Legislature and came into
being at the 1937 session.
The new proposal, O'Gara said,
is to establish a House of Repre
sentatives of not less than 80 or
more than 100 members and a
Senate of not less than 30 or
more than 40 members.
Oregon lawmakers will be in
terested to learn that the pay
for' the Nebraska legislators in
the proposed initiative, would be
$20 per day "for each day in
actu.il attendance, but in no case
shall the compensation exceed
the sum of $1500." Compensation
for attendance at special session
is limited to $200.
Oregon legislators ' are paid
$600 a year plus mileage to and
from sessions.
O'Gara told Behrens these is
no partv responsibility and nres
sure grouns dictate nolicies of
the one-house legislature.
"The greatest fault of the uni
cameral system," O'Gara said, "is
its lack of checks and balances.
Unfortunately, the bicameral
with its checks and balances, -was
discarded In Nebraska, when
what was needed was improve
ment. The present plan is gen
erallv conceded to be unsatisfac
tory."
O'Gara said that many flaws
in laws passed in the one-house
legislature would have been
avoided if the legislation had
required approval by two houses
of the Legislature.
OCE INVITES PARENTS
OREGON COLLEGE, Monmouth
Parents of OCE students are
especially invited to visit the cam
pus during Folks' Festival week
end, January 29-30. Serving as co
chairman in the planning of the
annual event are Gloria Riggs of
Dallas and Gale Taylor of Toledo.
Both students are seniors. . .
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They learned their wiles', wickedness and evil
From the woman called JEZEBEL
Paulette
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Veterans Get
First Chance
Veterans of World War II and
subsequent military duty have
first priority in the acquisition of
82 farm units being opened by the
bureau ot reclamation in the South
Columbia basin irrigation project
in Washington, it was reported
today by the Oregon Department
of Veterans' Affairs.
To receive priority, veterans
must apply to the bureau of recla
mation offices at Ephrata, Wash.,
by February 19, 1954. Their mili
tary service must have been be
tween September 16, 1940, and July
3, 1952.
To qualify, a veteran must have
had two full years of farming ex
perience since age IS and must
have assets of $4,500 in excess of
liabilities.
The 82 farm units range in size
from 49 to 148 irrigable acres and
in price from $1,189 to $4,880, with
most of them listed between $1,500
and $2,000. -
The farms are located about 15
miles north of Pasco and 130 miles
southwest of Spokane. The bureau
of reclamation expects to deliver
the first water from the Grand
Coulee canal system to the farm
unit in 1955.
Application forms may be ob
tained from county veterans' ser
vice officers, from the state vet
erans' department in Salem or
Portland, or by writing to the rec
lamation office in Ephrata, Wash.
Pamphlets Published
About Civil Rights
Nine new pamphlets on civil
rights subjects went out this week
from the Oregon Bureauvof Labor
to each of 10 school and public
iioranes in Marion County.
Forty-two pieces of such litera
ture have now been made avail
able by the labor department in
its Intergroup Relations Resource
Book to 250 libraries throughout
the .state.
The resource information is
kept curent as part of the educa
tional program conducted under
the State Fair Employment Prac
tices Act which prohibits job dis
crimination because of race, creed,
color or national origin.
W. S. Van Meter, director of
the program, states that Marion
County with only five percent
of non-whites in its population,
also has its. religious and national
minorities as does ever- section
of Oregon. The program hopes to
enlist the aid of every communi
ty in abolishing prejudices to
ward all minority groups.
A study of state legislation on
fair employment practices shows
that Oregon is one of the nine
states having truly enforceable
FEP laws.
Dolphins are a form of whale.
....
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem. Oregon
Hatfield has Suggestion for
Location of New Institution
Construction of the proposed
intermediate institution on or
adjacent to the state fair grounds
in Salem was suggested in a let
ter to the state board of control
by State Representative Mark
Hatfield of Salem.
In his letter, Rep. Hatfield
pointed out that the fair grounds
is used by the general public
only two weeks in each year and
Religious Session
Here February 2-4
Addresses on the vital Issues
of the day will be made by a
number of rren prominent in the
field of religion during a minis
ters' and laymen's convocation
to be held in Salem February
2-4 under the auspices of the Ore
gon council ol Churches.
A DrODOsal in renr0flni7 fh
organize the Oregon Council will
ot one oi tne matters considered
during the three day conference.
Speakers for the convocation
will include: Dr. Henry Hitt
crane, central Methodist church,
Detroit, Mich.; Rev. Edwin Bra
cher, Lutheran Compass Mission,
Seattle, Wash.; Dr. Ralph Bridg
man, court of domestic relations,
Toledo, Ohio; C. A. Sprague, Sa
lem publisher and former gover
nor; and RL Rev. Stephen F.
Bayne, Jr., bishop of Olympia.
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said that during that time the
inmates could be locked up but
could maintain and rehabilitate
the fair grounds and buildings
during the remainder of the year.
"With the talent that probably
would be available," Hatfield
said in his letter, "under proper
direction, the state fair grounds
could well become even more of
a beauty spot and even more
functional than it is now."
Other than building and
grounds maintenance Hatfield
suggested that vegetable gardens
and small orchards could be de
veloped in the future on this site
to help sustain the institution.
"If this is properly done in co
operation with the state depart
ment of agriculture and Oregon
State college," he added, "these
projects could well become val
uable demonstration areas at the
same time cut institutional costs."
Hatfield was frank that his
plan might prove impractical,
stating that he was throwing out
the idea "without consulting any
one." "Should that prove so after a
fair trial, the building could well
serve . for state fair purposes
alone, as a 4-H dormitory, ex
hibit building or as an annex for
one of our other state institu
tions" Hatfield was chairman of the
house committee on state and
federal affairs in the 1953 ses
sion, his second in the legisla
ture. He is a professor of politi
cal science and dean of students
at Willamette university.
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Winter
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23 Degrees
To Be Awarded
Twenty-three degrees will be
awarded Willamette university
students during commencement
exercises to be held in the cam
pus gyrr- 'urn February 4. The
program will be held in con
junction with the observance of
Founders and Benefactors day
during the chapel period.
Bachelor of Arts degrees will
be awarded to Henry Junior
Boyd, Ronald Coffey, John Rock
efeller, Dorothea -Anderson, Ev
elyn Bollinger, Marcell David,
Dwight Gralapp, Gerald Grimm,
Kenneth Magee, Delores Milter,
Edward Mulkey, Hugh Nelson,
Harriet Parcher and Leona Todd.
Receiving Master of Education
degrees will be Earl Geifen,
James Johnson, Dwight Lamb,
Thomas Means, Loraine Meusey,
Donald Zemanek and David Put
nam. Thomas Huffman will receive
the Bachelor of Laws degree.
, Gustavus Hines will be honored
as a founder and an address in
this connection will be given by
Donna Cheney, a senior from San
Mateo. Don Emoey, Springfield,
Ore., senior, will eulogize Alfred
L. and Charles L. Sequest, Wil
lamette benefactors.
Monitor 4-H Club
MONITOR The Monitor Live
stock club met January 14 at the
Burton Richmond home. Members
present were Bobby Berg, Gerald
Richmond, Darell Ogren, Darlene
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Alan Ladd
James Mason
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"BOTANY BAY"
also
'Walter Brennan
in
Banjo on My Knee
Ogren, Gary Skiller, Mark Klug.
Glen Richmond, Ronald Linn and
club leader Phil Yagelski.
Plans were made to have an
open meeting Feb. 11 at the Moni
tor school gym. Each members is
to invite a guest. Entertainment
will be furnished by the club.
Deadline Set for
Entries for Glee
Words and music to be present
ed in the Freshman Glee, Willam
ette University campus production,
must be available no later than
March 3, according to a deadline
that has been established.
The 46th annual songfest will be
presented March 20 under the gen
eral diretcion of, Wiliam Wheat,
freshman from Milton-Freewater.
A new point system has been
adopted for judging this year's
Glee. A total of 240 points may be
earned in the presentation depart
ment and 120 points for words and
music.
Theme for this year's Glee is
"Fight."
Wood that has been charred
on its outer surfaces often lasts
much longer than wood that
has not been so treated.
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Saturday, January 23, 1954
Women Lead
Amonn Dolors
Women are leading the men by
a ratio of almost two to one in
Willamette University students'
contributions to the "challenge
fund," according to latest tabula
tions by Kent Holmes, general
manager for the effort.
The students are endeavoring to
raise $10,000 to be turned into the
general challenge fund of a half
million dollars. Contributions to
date have passed the $2500 mark
and renewed efforts will be made
to secure $5000 by mid-February. .
Two Wilalmette University bene
factors, whose names have not
been revealed, each gave $250,000
providing an additional $500,000
could be secured, The money is
to be used in the construction of a
woman's dormitory and a combin
ed fine arts and auditorium build
ing. The level of the Caspian Sea
is controlled largely by evapora
tion and there have been large,
irregular variations in its level
in historical times.
LAST DAY
"All the Brothers
Were Valiant"
TOMORROW!
8k
. from tha honky-tonks
o the penthouses...thi creeps,
the hoods, the killers come
out to war with the city!
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! YOUNG MALA NWU1
WILLIAM TALMAN EDWAM AIMLI
a Kpusue nciuii
A Monday, 8:30 P. M.
Studio
PREVIEW
Starring '
3 Academy Award
Winners!
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